# 1991 South Tipperary County Council election

An election to all 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of the 1991 Irish local elections. South Tipperary was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | 4 | 13,553 | 37.83 | |
| | Fine Gael | 9 | 1 | 10,281 | 28.70 | |
| | Labour | 4 | 1 | 6,561 | 18.30 | |
| | Workers and Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 1,582 | 4.42 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 1 | 2,304 | 6.43 | |
| Total | Total | 26 | | 35,823 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Cahir

Cahir - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Theresa Ahearn TD* | 21.03% | 1,334 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Seán Byrne* | 15.67% | 994 | 1,029 | 1,106 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Con Donovan* | 13.2% | 837 | 863 | 892 | 901 | 979 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Anglim | 12.72% | 807 | 840 | 944 | 965 | 1,082 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mattie McGrath* | 10.89% | 691 | 714 | 787 | 799 | 851 |
| | Labour | Ernest Alton | 10.44% | 662 | 686 | 745 | 748 | |
| | Fine Gael | Sean Sampson* | 9.44% | 599 | 689 | 766 | 769 | 1,140 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tom Lonergan | 6.61% | 419 | 464 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,103 Valid: 6,343 (69.68%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,058 Turnout: 6,403 (70.34%) |||||||||

### Cashel

Cashel - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fine Gael | Jack Crowe* | 19.4% | 1,298 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Seán McCarthy* | 18.34% | 1,226 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Wood | 9.53% | 637 | 663 | 676 | 686 | 731 | 759 | 950 | 1,030 | 1,088 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Hayes | 7.85% | 525 | 586 | 598 | 603 | 655 | 688 | 828 | 880 | 959 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Timmy Hammersley* | 7.78% | 520 | 543 | 569 | 585 | 618 | 729 | 761 | 958 | 1,258 |
| | Fine Gael | Maureen O'Donoghue | 7.49% | 501 | 509 | 560 | 568 | 588 | 617 | 642 | 720 | 794 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Josephine Quinlan | 7.2% | 481 | 502 | 518 | 529 | 542 | 588 | 613 | 688 | |
| | Fine Gael | Catherine McLoughlin | 5.27% | 352 | 367 | 371 | 375 | 451 | 466 | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | John Bergin | 4.8% | 321 | 326 | 329 | 332 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | William McInerney | 4.8% | 320 | 326 | 368 | 405 | 444 | 556 | 580 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roger Kennedy | 4.65% | 311 | 323 | 347 | 364 | 398 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Browne | 2.89% | 193 | 199 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,963 Valid: 6,685 (67.1%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,115 Turnout: 6,733 (67.58%) |||||||||||||

### Clonmel

Clonmel - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Workers and Unemployed | Séamus Healy | 20.97% | 1,582 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Davern TD* | 14.13% | 1,066 | 1,085 | 1,127 | 1,156 | 1,276 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Ambrose* | 10.6% | 796 | 807 | 830 | 847 | 972 | 1,017 | 1,130 | 1,271 |
| | Independent | Ted Boyle | 9.52% | 718 | 751 | 785 | 864 | 899 | 969 | 1,132 | 1,408 |
| | Labour | Sean Lyons* | 7.12% | 537 | 562 | 630 | 734 | 766 | 821 | 925 | 1,116 |
| | Fine Gael | Johnny Kehoe* | 6.98% | 527 | 530 | 549 | 560 | 568 | 740 | 811 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Niall Dennehy | 6.26% | 472 | 489 | 510 | 535 | 556 | 621 | | |
| | Independent | Brian O'Donnell | 6% | 452 | 621 | 644 | 700 | 724 | 761 | 835 | 874 |
| | Fine Gael | Dominic O'Hara | 5.86% | 442 | 447 | 466 | 479 | 486 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kennedy | 4.69% | 354 | 363 | 372 | 392 | | | | |
| | Labour | Jimmy Keating | 4.02% | 303 | 323 | 368 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Mary-Ann Burke | 3.92% | 296 | 309 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,368 Valid: 7,545 (61%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,258 Turnout: 7,610 (61.53%) ||||||||||||

### Fethard

Fethard - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ned Meagher* | 17.7% | 1,449 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ned Brennan* | 16.6% | 1,360 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Holohan* | 16.05% | 1,314 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Landy | 9.63% | 788 | 793 | 882 | 887 | 988 | 1,048 | 1,234 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Bourke* | 8.25% | 675 | 719 | 728 | 731 | 793 | 837 | 1,074 | 1,103 |
| | Fine Gael | Jimmy Hogan* | 7.93% | 649 | 657 | 673 | 744 | 821 | 919 | 1,037 | 1,065 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dick Tobin* | 7.67% | 628 | 730 | 746 | 769 | 781 | 877 | 1,002 | 1,009 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Murphy | 7.09% | 580 | 617 | 623 | 628 | 712 | 750 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Jack Murphy | 4.58% | 375 | 455 | 504 | 537 | 558 | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Lalor | 4.5% | 368 | 371 | 376 | 380 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,561 Valid: 8,186 (65.17%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,170 Turnout: 8,273 (65.86%) ||||||||||||

### Tipperary

Tipperary - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Michael Ferris TD* | 25.84% | 1,825 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Griffin | 11.86% | 838 | 954 | 966 | 975 | 1,128 | 1,252 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fitzgerald* | 11.49% | 812 | 880 | 885 | 974 | 1,070 | 1,150 | 1,181 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Maguire* | 11.48% | 811 | 867 | 869 | 1,000 | 1,073 | 1,220 | |
| | Independent | Christy Kinahan | 10.84% | 766 | 872 | 904 | 918 | 936 | 1,080 | 1,106 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Wallace | 9.77% | 690 | 750 | 764 | 862 | 915 | 1,023 | 1,040 |
| | Labour | Thady Byrnes | 6.64% | 469 | 652 | 674 | 682 | 732 | | |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Maher | 8.12 | 6% | 451 | 452 | 456 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan O'Keeffe | 4.86% | 343 | 363 | 365 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Peadar O'Donnell | 1.17% | 83 | 97 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,571 Valid: 7,064 (66.8%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 7,131 (67.46%) |||||||||||